This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?

1997

▪ Jeanette Skinner, who ran the Fort Mill school bus system, resigned citing personal reasons.

▪ A former clerk for the Town of Fort Mill pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzling public funds.

▪ Phil Layne took over as Fort Mill’s new postmaster. Layne had been the postmaster in Aberdeen, N.C., for 14 years.

▪ Newly elected officers of the Fort Mill Fire Department included Chuck Adkins, Richie Knoop and Wayne Hartness.

1977

▪ The Fort Mill School Board gave its approval for the erection of new offices and a board meeting room for the school district. The new structure would be built on East Elliott Street.

▪ James Paul Becknell, Jr., (Buddy) of Fort mill was elected president of the York County Crescent Shrine Club for 1977.

▪ Even though voters approved a leash law for Fort Mill, Fort Mill City Council voted 5-1 against implementing the voters’ wishes.

▪ The Odds and Ins Shop at 217 Main Street, Fort Mill, held an auction sale with more than 10,000 pieces of merchandise valued at more than $40,000 up for auction.

1957

▪ D. F. Vorreyer, principal of Fort Mill’s Central School for the past four years, submitted his resignation.

▪ Martin Drug Co. and Fort Mill Pharmacy announced that they would open on alternating Sunday afternoons. The Sunday hours for both pharmacies would be 2 to 6 p.m.

1937

▪ The soft surface roads of the Fort Mill community were in the worse condition they had been in for years due to prolonged wet weather.

▪ Earl B. Ferguson, Rock Hill Magistrate, was arrested on a charge of embezzling $2,210 in public funds.

1917

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This story was originally published January 11, 2017 at 6:04 PM with the headline "This week in Fort Mill history: Do you remember?."